May 01, 2007 top boxing news
Wilbur’s Boxing Notes: De la Hoya - Mayweather
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, 01 May 2007
The fight of the decade, and probably the last true super fight that will take place for many years, is just days away. Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather are set for a historic encounter that is primed to break pay per view records. I was trying to contemplate on why this is such a big fight. This is fight not for the universally recognized Super Welterweight Championship, a designation that is currently vacant. De La Hoya holds the WBC trinket but the sanctioning bodies are becoming less an Read Full Story >>>
Mystery Man Michael Koncz Speaks: My Only Boss, Concern Is Manny Pacquaio!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 01 May 2007
Michael: As I previously informed you I am not one to seek attention or be in the spotlight of the media. Hence, even though you graciously asked me for an interview in Texas to set some facts straight, I respectfully declined cause it is not about me. It’s about the fighters I work with and in this instance, Manny Pacquiao. Nevertheless, I want to take this moment to thank you for the article you just wrote as its contents is very accurate. Manny in fact is at all times vigilant of Read Full Story >>>
Oscar Beats Floyd To Punch, Provides Fight Tickets, Room For Mayweather Sr!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 01 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya has beaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. to the punch already. An inside source has informed www.boxingconfidential.com that De La Hoya, the benevolent former employer of trainer Floyd “Pretty Daddy” Mayweather Sr., has scored points in the ongoing game of One Upsmanship between the May 5 Superfight opponents. “While HBO’s 24/7 show keeps replaying all that cra Read Full Story >>>
Pretty won’t do for the Golden Boy
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, 01 May 2007
MAKE mine golden. Although he’s pegged as an underdog, I’m picking Oscar de la Hoya to score a unanimous decision win over Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather Jr. Born under the sign of the Ox, Oscar possesses bull-like strength yet is as agile as a gazelle and as wily as a fox. Granted, Floyd may be faster than him, and possess better boxing skills than him, but he is not unbeatable. Nobody is. For a while we thought Roy Jones Jr. would be, but we were wrong. Here is a che Read Full Story >>>
The World Awaits: Oscar De La Hoya Takes on Pound for Pound King Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, 01 May 2007
There is so much hype behind this fight as the Multi Divisional Champion and sentimental favorite, “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya, 38-4, 30 KO’s, takes on the brash Pound for Pound King, “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, JR., 37-0, 24 KO’s, in a fight that has everyone talking. In reality, nothing bad can come out of this fight, with the exception of a fluke head butt causing a cut that ends it prematurely and without closure. There are several scenarios that Read Full Story >>>
De La Hoya says he’ll never deal with Arum
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 01 May 2007
AS FAR as Oscar De La Hoya is concerned, he and former promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank can no longer look each other in the eye and set aside differences to stage fights the public wants to see, starring of course Manny Pacquiao. The Los Angeles Times ran a lengthy story written by staff writer Lance Pugmire on Saturday detailing the cause of the rift between De La Hoya, boxing’s top draw, and Arum, arguably the sport’s’ most powerful promoter in the last 30 years. As Read Full Story >>>
